Public Procurement and Innovation

Anchoring the innovation impacts of public procurement to place: The role of conversations

“…Less attention, they argue, is given to the wider systemic sources of capacity. Indeed a number of studies (Edelenbos and Teisman, 2008;Edler et al, 2015;Rolfstam, 2013;Uyarra et al, 2014;Edquist et al, 2015;Edler and Yeow, 2016) have pointed to institutional, governance and capability related obstacles to the implementation of PPI. These include institutional challenges such as decentralized or 'silo' budgets, lack of a systemic view or internal coordination (between the internal end user or those responsible to deliver the service, and the procurers) and capacity and resource constraints in contracting authorities.…”

“…In addition empirical studies have explored the impacts of procurement on innovation performance and identified key drivers, barriers and processes associated with its use as an innovation policy instrument (e.g. Aschhoff and Sofka, W., Edquist et al, 2000Edquist et al, , 2015Lember et al, 2013;Uyarra et al, 2014;Rolfstam, 2013Rolfstam, , 2015.…”

“…A growing literature has laid out the rationales for using public procurement to promote innovation, assessing its impacts as well as identifying the underlying practices and barriers associated with their effective implementation (Aschhoff and Sofka, 2009;Edler and Georghiou, 2007;Georghiou et al 2014;Edquist et al, 2015;Edquist and Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, 2012;Rolfstam, 2013;Uyarra et al, 2014). However the geographical dimension of these practices is seldom discussed.…”

Innovation and public procurement: from fragmentation to synthesis on concepts, rationales and approaches

“…The second approach identified by Lember, Kattel, and Kalvet (2014) is Public Procurement of Innovation (PPoI or PPI), which has a far broader perspective and is first defined by Max Rolfstam as "purchasing activities carried out by public agencies that lead to innovation" (Rolfstam 2012(Rolfstam , 2013Lember, Kattel, and Kalvet 2014). As opposed to the first approach, this broader perspective includes all purchasing-related activities throughout the entire commissioning or procurement cycle that lead to innovations of some kind.…”

“…As such, they include the adoption of innovations which are new to the buying organisation in their definition. Rolfstam (2013Rolfstam ( , 2012 Purchasing activities carried out by public agencies that lead to innovation Yeow and Edler (2012) The commissioning and procuring of goods or services that are new to the purchasing organisation and enable a novel service to citizens or enable a more efficient or effective delivery of that service Edler and Yeow (2016) The purchase of a solution that is novel to the buying organisation in order to serve an organisational need (Continued) Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research Table 1 presents an overview of commonly used terms and concepts in the field of innovation and public procurement. This overview shows the ambiguity of the abbreviation PPI as it can refer to three different terms and even more concepts.…”